At the 1996 Summer Olympics, ten fencing events were contested. Women's épée events made a debut at these Games.
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Medal summary
Men's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Aleksandr Beketov Russia | Iván Trevejo Cuba | Géza Imre Hungary |
| team épée | Italy Sandro Cuomo Angelo Mazzoni Maurizio Randazzo | Russia Aleksandr Beketov Pavel Kolobkov Valery Zakharevich | France Jean-Michel Henry Robert Leroux Éric Srecki |
| Individual foil | Alessandro Puccini Italy | Lionel Plumenail France | Franck Boidin France |
| team foil | Russia Dmitriy Shevchenko Ilgar Mamedov Vladislav Pavlovich | Poland Piotr Kiełpikowski Adam Krzesiński Ryszard Sobczak Jarosław Rodzewicz | Cuba Elvis Gregory Rolando Leon Oscar García Perez |
| Individual sabre | Stanislav Pozdnyakov Russia | Sergey Sharikov Russia | Damien Touya France |
| team sabre | Russia Stanislav Pozdnyakov Grigoriy Kirienko Sergey Sharikov | Hungary Csaba Köves József Navarrete Bence Szabó | Italy Raffaello Caserta Luigi Tarantino Toni Terenzi |
Women's events
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual épée | Laura Flessel France | Valérie Barlois France | Gyöngyi Szalay Hungary |
| team épée | France Laura Flessel Sophie Moressée-Pichot Valérie Barlois | Italy Laura Chiesa Elisa Uga Margherita Zalaffi | Russia Maria Mazina Yuliya Garayeva Karina Aznavourian |
| Individual foil | Laura Badea Romania | Valentina Vezzali Italy | Giovanna Trillini Italy |
| team foil | Italy Francesca Bortolozzi-Borella Giovanna Trillini Valentina Vezzali | Romania Laura Badea Reka Szabo Roxana Scarlat | Germany Anja Fichtel Mauritz Sabine Bau Monika Weber-Koszto |
Medal table
Russia finished atop of the fencing medal table at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Participating nations
A total of 224 fencers (136 men and 88 women) from 46 nations competed at the Atlanta Games:
- Algeria (2)
- Argentina (4)
- Australia (1)
- Austria (3)
- Azerbaijan (1)
- Belarus (1)
- Bolivia (1)
- Bulgaria (3)
- Canada (7)
- China (9)
- Chile (1)
- Colombia (2)
- Cuba (7)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Denmark (1)
- Estonia (6)
- Finland (1)
- France (15)
- Georgia (1)
- Germany (15)
- Great Britain (2)
- Greece (1)
- Guatemala (1)
- Hungary (15)
- Israel (3)
- Italy (16)
- Japan (4)
- Kazakhstan (1)
- Kuwait (1)
- Luxembourg (1)
- Paraguay (1)
- Poland (11)
- Portugal (1)
- Puerto Rico (1)
- Romania (9)
- Russia (15)
- FR Yugoslavia (1)
- South Korea (13)
- Spain (11)
- Sweden (2)
- Switzerland (5)
- Tunisia (1)
- Ukraine (6)
- United States (15)
- Uzbekistan (1)
- Venezuela (4)
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